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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!ucivax!orion.oac.uci.edu!beckman.com!dn66!a_rubin
  2. Newsgroups: sci.math
  3. Subject: Re: u(v^n)w prime puzzle - HINTS
  4. Message-ID: <a_rubin.714416973@dn66>
  5. From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
  6. Date: 21 Aug 92 17:09:33 GMT
  7. References: <a_rubin.714331997@dn66> <1992Aug20.233027.7862@wri.com>
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  11. In <1992Aug20.233027.7862@wri.com> roach@bikini.wri.com (Kelly Roach) writes:
  12.  
  13. >In article <a_rubin.714331997@dn66>  writes:
  14. >> uvw can't divide 10^a-1; it's larger!
  15.  
  16.                                                                     p
  17. Essentially the same proof shows that if p=uvw is prime, then p | uv w.
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